I love the animated Hobbit.  As far as Holms playing the part, once Bilbo finds the ring he doesn't age anymore so he could be played by Holms.  He would almost have to be for it to play into the Lord of the Rings

I have two favorite scenes.  (I'm allowed to do that seeing as how I'm the dark lord and all, bending the rules to suit me).   The other one appeared on the expanded version of ROTK.  It was the final tally of the dead contest by Gimli and Legolas.  The dwarf is sitting on a dead orc that is twitching a bit.  The Prince of Mirkwood knocks an arrow and fires it at the twitching orc, claiming he won by that act.  When the Son of Gloin corrects him, Legolas says, "He was twitching."  "Only because my axe is embedded in his skull," Gloin replies, gripping the axe handle and jerking it up and down.  Even though it was at the expense of my own soldier, it was hillarious.

Okay.  Here is the real reason the soldiers sucked.  they had a weak leader in Denethor for so long.  He was a weak spineless thing who grew weaker at the loss of his beloved son, Boromir.  In the face of fear, his cowardice eeked out to his troops.  Only when Mithrandir arrived on the scene did things turn around, but by then the enemy was on the doorstep.  Also, Gondor had already suffered heavy losses.

what is karma?

maybe we can have a last catagory  3000 posts: Lord of the Ring

hey all. New to the site!  I'm surprised I was able to get the user name I did.

What Lord of the Rings movie is your favorite?
1. Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King
Please explain your answer.

I have not been able to read much of the Silmarillion, but from what I have read, it feels like a history book with more telling the story as fact rather than showing a scene as in a story.  It is interesting.

I guess even with all their special toys, they were still no match for the prowess of my forces. 

I wasn't aware of that little tidbit.  It wouldn't matter to me one way or the other.  The dead are the dead.  I don't know how many ways you can present their descicated forms.

Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Silmarillion
Children of Hurin
plus numerous non-fiction commentaries on Tolkien's work

I like the battle of Minas Tirith.  Especially when the spirits attack.

Since, the movies were long already, they could have extended the initial battle scene for another five minutes.